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WILLIAM MARor MARSHALL, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNoIt ro HIMSELF :AND LB. ALEXANDER, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.

Letters Patent No, 79,846, dated July 14, 1868.

OENAMENTING STAIERODS, et.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:l

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MAROT MAR-SHALL, 'of Philadelphia, in the county pl' Philadelphia, in 4the State of P-ennsylvaniz't,I have invented a new and improved Method of Constructing Stair-Rods, Mounting for Window-Sash, and other decorations; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of'referenee marked thereon, making a part of this specica'tiom in whiclr l Figure 1 represents, in perspective, astair-rod or-section of sash-mounting, composedlof prepared glass tube, enclosed by an ornamental spiral metallic scroll, either with or without a plain or'rabbeted metal or wooden support attached to the back, and surmounted at the ends by ornamental castings or stampings of metal, or

other suitable substance.

Figure 2 represents, in perspective, the sameas'g. 1,.ivit'h the exception that the metallic scroll Gis plain or smootlron the surface instead' of being chased orfgured, y

,Figure 3 represents, in perspective, a stair-.rod or section of sash-mounting, composed, asV in figs. 1 and 2, with the exception that the metallic case E, 'enclosing the glass tube A, is tubular, having openings at dilerent ntervalsin front. A l

Figure elvrepresents, in perspective, the same as iig'. 3, with the exception that the openings in the metal cover E are shorter and more frequent.

Figure 5 represents, in'p'erspeetive, a metallic bruce or support holding the prepared glass tube, and rabbeted 4at ri ht an'les to receive latelass for the corners of show-cases, a uaria, .&c. This sup ort ma "be made of g g P g l P Y wood vor other suitable material.-

Figure 6 represents a transverse sectional view effig. 5.

Figure Z represents, in perspective, the same as g. 5, withthe exception that the rabbcts for the plate` glass are in .a plane line instead of at right angles, allowingit to be used in sash on planes where partition is required without a corner. i l

Figure 8 represents a transverse sectional viewoi' fig. 7.

Similar letters of reference denote like parts where the)r occur in the several figures.

A denotes prepared glass tube or rod.

B denotes ornamental mountings iurelief.

-C denotes the ornamental spiral scroll.

.D' denotes screws or tacks to confine mountings.

E denotes the metal tube containingkthe glass, A.

F denotes plaster filling or similar,substance.

The nature of my invention consists in'tlie use of glass tubing, prepared by4 silver-ing, gilding or painting the inside surface, and filling it fwithplastr or other suitable substance, to make-it strong, in combination with 'open-work 'm'etal coverings, and ornamental mountings of metal, wood, plaster, or the like in reliei,y for the purposes oi' stair-rods, mounting for sash, and other decorati-ons where, it can be eifectively used.

To enableothers'skilled in the art to makeand use my invention, I will proceed to'describe the manner of its construction and use. Y l

I take ordinary. glass tubing, whether round,i squ are, or angular, and silver or gild the inner surrace by precipitation or any other known means, or I'paint the inner surface by. flowing any colored paint through the tube, and it' I wish to make them stronger,'I ll the tube with plaster or a metal rod surrounded by plaster, lor with any other suitable material.' If I wish to'inake a stair-rod of the glass tube thus prepared, I have only to insert 'the ends intometal clasps or fastenings, as seen at B B, figs. 1,2, 3, and 4, or, for still greater strength and ornament, I enclose the glass tube or rod within open-work metal coverings, either spiral, as seen in figs. 1

`an(1`-2,.or tubular, with open front apertures, as seen in figs. 3.and 4. If I wish to use the glass `tubingt'or monntngs for window or other sas'h,'I enclose it with open-work metal coverings and mountings, as for stairrod, but attach to the back a metallic rabbeted strip of-m'etal, rabbeted angularly toadmit the edges of panes 0f' glass for corners, as seen at E, `figs. 5 and 6, and rabbeted in a plone line whereppartitions are to be made without other material, in such a manner as to admit a part of the glass tube A, an

corners, as seen at'E, figs. 7 and 8; or I make sash-mounting by simply grooving a piece of metal, wood, or properly rabbeting the edges,

l singularly for corners, as secn in figs. 5 and 6, and on a plane line for partitions in plane, as seen in figs. 7 and@ Thus, I,work `this prepared glass tube with the metal, wood, plaster, and other combinations, into stair-rods, sash-mountings, and many other useful purposes for decorations, with the most brilliant effect.

What Iclaim as new and as of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The use of glass tubing, when supported byl metal or other easing, mountings in relief, of 'metal or other material, or the rabheted supports, of metal or other mat set forth. l

2. Thev filling of silvered or gilded glass tubes with plaster, cement, or their equivalents, combined with' wood or metal rods, substantially as described, und for-the purpose set forth.

WM. MARSHALL. Witnesses:

J. B. ALEXANDER, M. H. COLLINS.

erial, substantially as described, and foi` the purpose 

